WiMAX Throughput Evaluation of Conventional

Relaying

Pavel Mach1, Robert Bestak1

1 Department of Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech

Technical University, Technicka 2,

166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

{machp2, bestar1}@fel.cvut.cz

Abstract. The paper analyses performance of IEEE 802.16 standard, also

known as WiMAX, when relay stations are introduced. Thanks to this feature,

coverage area and throughput of the system may be significantly enhanced. The

article defines the increase of system capacity of the relay based cell

deployment compared to a conventional single hop deployment of the same

area size. Further, the parameters that have main impact on the system with

relays and its capacity are determined.

Keywords: WiMAX, performance, throughput, Relay Station.

1 Introduction